EP0800341B1 - Vorrichtung und verfahren zur verwaltung von tieren - Google Patents

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EP0800341B1
EP0800341B1 EP95942359A EP95942359A EP0800341B1 EP 0800341 B1 EP0800341 B1 EP 0800341B1 EP 95942359 A EP95942359 A EP 95942359A EP 95942359 A EP95942359 A EP 95942359A EP 0800341 B1 EP0800341 B1 EP 0800341B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K1/00—Housing animals; Equipment therefor
    • A01K1/02—Pigsties; Dog-kennels; Rabbit-hutches or the like
    • A01K1/0209—Feeding pens for pigs or cattle
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K1/00—Housing animals; Equipment therefor
    • A01K1/0005—Stable partitions
    • A01K1/0017—Gates, doors
    • A01K1/0023—Sorting gates
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K1/00—Housing animals; Equipment therefor
    • A01K1/12—Milking stations
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K13/00—Devices for grooming or caring of animals, e.g. curry-combs; Fetlock rings; Tail-holders; Devices for preventing crib-biting; Washing devices; Protection against weather conditions or insects
    • A01K13/004—Rubbing-posts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K15/00—Devices for taming animals, e.g. nose-rings or hobbles; Devices for overturning animals in general; Training or exercising equipment; Covering boxes
    • A01K15/02—Training or exercising equipment, e.g. mazes or labyrinths for animals ; Electric shock devices ; Toys specially adapted for animals

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for managing an animal, comprising a milking stall having an entrance and an exit and provided for housing one single animal according to the precharacterising portion of claim 1. Furthermore, the present invention in the first aspect relates to a method of automatically managing an animal in a milking stall according to the precharacterising portion of claim 21.
  • the automatic milking takes place in one or more combined feeding and milking stalls provided in a barn in which the animals are allowed to walk about freely and find their way individually to the stalls for feeding, drinking and milking.
  • the cows are automatically identified in each stall and fed with the aid of a computer connected to the identification and feeding means used.
  • the stall also comprises retaining gates which are automatically closed to retain the cow during milking and opened to let the cow leave the stall.
  • cows are milked twice a day. Because of high labour costs it was not interesting to increase the number of milkings per day as long as milking was performed manually. It is however recognized that milking a cow three to four times a day has proved to be of less detriment to her, since the udder is not filled to its maximum between each milking. Such a milking procedure corresponds more closely to the behaviour of the calves and therefore results in healthier cows. As a side effect, however, it is possible to increase the total milk production from one cow by 15-25%. By means of automatic milking machines it is not only possible, but would also be economically interesting to milk the cows more often than twice a day, since the labour costs are not any longer critical.
  • DE-C-3 702 465 discloses a system for automatic milking and feeding of cows, whereby the cows, when finding their way to a feeding stall, are forced to pass an identifying device. Thereafter the cows are led to a milking stall for automatic milking or alternatively to a feeding station having no milking machine.
  • EP-A-617 887 discloses a construction for milking animals, comprising a milking box, one or more milking robots and a control room. From the exit of the milking box, the animal may enter an area in which a sufficient quantity of fodder is available.
  • EP-A-634 097 discloses a stall device including three boxes, which are arranged in a row successively after each other in such a way that an animal may pass from the first box to the second box and from second box to the third box.
  • the first box is a box for cleaning the animal to be milked.
  • the second box is a box for massaging the udder of the animal to be milked.
  • the third box is a milking box and especially a box for automatic milking of the animal.
  • EP-A-634 097 claims priority from July 12, 1993 and is published on January 18, 1995. Consequently, this document is only referred to in accordance with Article 54(3) EPC.
  • the main object of the present invention is to improve the efficiency in animal management.
  • the object is to bring the animal to enter voluntarily and leave a stall without delay and thereby speed up the animal traffic through said stall.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an efficient apparatus, which entices the animal to move voluntarily to a predetermined destination without delay.
  • the object of the present invention is to make an animal move in a desired direction so that the animal arrives at a predetermined destination, and more specifically to entice the animal to find voluntarily its way to a milking station without delay.
  • the present invention resides in the insight that the animals should not be forced by physical or other means, but be enticed and encouraged to behave in a certain way, and that such a way of leading the animals is more efficient in the long run. It results in animals being more satisfied with their situation and consequently they will produce more milk.
  • a stall for treatment of the animal e.g. treatment such as milking, massageing, cleaning, insemination, administrating medicine etc.
  • a procedure is obtained, which will be a positive experience for the animal. This is very important, and since many animals, especially cows, have a very good memory, they will always look forward to the next treatment opportunity, rather than being afraid thereof.
  • the behaviour of the animal may be controlled in a very careful manner.
  • the control means may be provided to activate different enticing devices.
  • the enticing method can be varied and even adapted to the preferences of different animals, i.e. one or more of the enticing devices, which by experience have proved to entice efficiently an individual animal to leave the stall, may be activated.
  • enticing devices such as a water supply device, a feeding device, a cleaning device, air spraying device, a dressing device, a smell spreading device, and a sound generating device
  • a water supply device such as a water supply device, a feeding device, a cleaning device, air spraying device, a dressing device, a smell spreading device, and a sound generating device
  • the result of the examination to be performed by the examination device provided in the stall may be processed by the control means to either activate treatment of the animal, e.g. a milking machine, or to activate any of the enticing devices. Furthermore, this result may be processed to open or close the gates.
  • the animal By defining the exit area by a stall, the animal can be left alone to drink water, to be fed, to be cleaned etc, and other animals can be prevented from entering the exit area from outside the milking station.
  • the invention is however not limited to animals to be milked. On the contrary, the invention also resides in the insight that living beings may be enticed by impressions of their senses, to take a route desired by the cattleman or the like.
  • a milking station M comprises a milking stall 1 having an entrance gate 2 and an exit gate 3.
  • a feeding device 4 for feeding the animal during milking, e.g. with concentrate or silage.
  • an identification device 5 is provided, which identifies an animal with the aid of a transponder 6 carried by the animal entering the stall 1.
  • the milking stall 1 is provided with an automatic milking machine 7 which may include a sensor (not shown) for determining the position of the teats and which comprises a robot arm 8 supporting the milking cluster including the teat cups to be applied to the teats of the animal.
  • a treatment stall 11 which the cow must pass after leaving the milking stall 1.
  • the exit gate 3 of the milking stall 1 constitutes the inlet gate of the treatment stall 11.
  • the treatment stall 11 comprises an exit gate 12 of the type which suitably but not necessarily can be opened by the animal itself or it may be of a type which is controlled by the control means 9 in response to data regarding the animal identified as being present in the treatment stall.
  • enticing means comprising various enticing devices for enticing the animal to move from the milking stall 1 into the treatment stall 11, when milking is finished or when the animal should leave the milking stall 1 for some other reason.
  • enticing devices There are a great number of possibilities to design the enticing devices. The following list comprises many such possiblities but it is, however, not complete.
  • a supply means 13 which can offer the animal feed in the form of e.g. concentrate or silage from a feed supply device 13a as well as fresh drinking water from a water supply device 14.
  • the supply device 13 may be prepared in advance, such that the animal knows that when it. enters the treatment stall 11 there is always something to eat or drink. This is believed to have an enticing effect on the animal, in particular if feed is no longer offered in the feeding device 4 in the milking stall 1. Another possibility is to entice the animal to move from the milking stall 1 by the sound which is generated by the supply of e.g. concentrate or silage from a food dispenser of the feed supply device 13a, or of fresh water from the water supply device 14.
  • the enticing means also comprises a cleaning device 15, 16 in the treatment stall. 11.
  • a cleaning device 15 may comprise means for spraying warm water on to the udder and the teats of the animal. This could be necessary for reasons of cleanness, but is also something which the animal finds agreeable.
  • Another possibility is to provide a device 16 for mechanical cleaning of the teats and the udder. The latter is advantageous because the teats and the udder do not need to be dried afterwards, but the animal can return to the milking station M immediately.
  • the enticing means may comprise a device 17 for spraying warm air on the animal, in particular on the udder and its teats. This will dry the animal, e.g. after cleaning, and give it a positive feeling.
  • a combination device 18 comprising rotating brushes 19 for mechanically cleaning and massageing of the teats, spray nozzle devices 20 for delivery of a cleaning agent, and one or more nozzle devices 21 for delivery of drying air to the teats.
  • a combination device 18 comprising rotating brushes 19 for mechanically cleaning and massageing of the teats, spray nozzle devices 20 for delivery of a cleaning agent, and one or more nozzle devices 21 for delivery of drying air to the teats.
  • the teats may be sprayed with iodine solution, such as Alfa-Blue®, in order to prevent bacteria entering the opening of the teats of the animal.
  • a dressing device 22 is provided in the treatment stall 11. This comprises one or more motor-driven, rotating brushes 23 for dressing and massaging the body of the animal.
  • the enticing means also comprises a smell generating device 24 provided in the treatment stall 11, which is adapted to spread smelling substances attractive to the animal, e.g. in the case that the animal is a cow it may be the smell of a bull.
  • a sound generating device e.g. a loudspeaker 25, in the treatment stall 11 to entice the animal to move from the milking stall 1 to the treatment stall 11.
  • these enticing devices may be used separately or in a combination with anyone or several of the others.
  • the control device 9, which may be a computer the desired enticing device can easily be activated. This can be done in accordance with a predetermined scheme or rule. Because the identification device 5 has provided a signal to the computer 9, which animal is present in the milking stall 1, it is also possible to activate the enticing devices corresponding to the preferences of this particular animal.
  • a self-adapting control system would also be possible, i.e. the computer 9 can every time an animal enters the stall 1 register how it reacts on different enticing devices, e.g. by measuring the time for the animal to leave the milking stall 1. The result of such measurements could be used in automatically determining the preferences of each individual cow. Such measurements could also be extended to consider the reaction of the cow on varied use of a single enticing device, e.g. different pieces of music from the loudspeaker 25.
  • the enticing devices proposed will attract the animals to leave the milking stall 1 when desired. Moreover, the animals, due to their memoring capacity, will all the time be aware of the existence of the enticing devices. However, it is advantageous if the enticing device is provided in such a manner, that its activation, e.g. by means of the computer 9, will provide a physical signal, such as in the form of a sound, a smell etc., to the animal, making it aware of the existence of the enticing device. Consequently, the animals will be encouraged to enter the milking stall 1 voluntarily.
  • Figure 3 discloses schematically a diagram illustrating how the different components of the milking station are connected to each other.
  • a signal from the transponder 6 is received by a receiver 26 sending it to the identification device 5.
  • the identification of a specific animal is transmitted to the computer 9.
  • the examination device 10 examines the condition of the udder and the teats with regard to how clean they are and if milking is needed.
  • the automatic milking machine 7 is activated by the computer 9. After milking or when determined not to milk the animal, it should leave the milking stall 1 as soon as possible. To this end the computer 9 sends out signals to stop the feeding by the feeding device 4, to open automatically the exit gate 3, and to activate one or a combination of the enticing devices 13 - 25.
  • Figs 4A and 4B show schematically a milking station M equipped with enticing means 30a-30g in the form of loudspeakers, according to a first embodiment of the invention.
  • the milking station M shown in Fig. 4B is furthermore comprised with a corridor or pathway 31, which the animal must enter in order to reach the milking stall 1.
  • a sensing device e.g. 32a
  • an enticing sound is generated by a loudspeaker 30a.
  • an enticing sound is instead generated by loudspeaker 30b.
  • the procedure is repeated regarding the sensing means 32b-d and the loudspeakers 30c, 30d and 30e until the animal has taken its place in the milking stall 1 of the milking station M.
  • the animal is given feed in the feeding device 4.
  • the enticing sound may be any sound that entices the animal to move towards the milking station M, e.g. the sound of feed falling down into a feed trough or the sound of water splashing into a bowl.
  • a loudspeaker 25 may be arranged in connection with the treatment stall 11 to entice the animal to leave the milking station M. It is also important that the animal leaves the treatment stall 11 within a reasonable period of time.
  • loudspeakers 30f and 30g are arranged at a suitable distance from the treatment stall in order to entice the animal to leave the treatment stall. Thereby, the loudspeaker 30f generates an enticing sound responsive to a signal from the sensing means 32f or to a signal from a sensor that senses when the exit gate 12 is open.
  • the loudspeaker 30f When the animal approaches the loudspeaker 30f and the sensor 32g senses the cow's transponder, an enticing sound is generated in loudspeaker 30g.
  • the animal receives a reward in the form of feed or water when it is no longer blocking the exit gate 12 of the treatment stall 11.
  • the predetermined destination is somewhere outside the milking station M.
  • Figs 4A and 4B Although the number of loudspeakers has been shown in Figs 4A and 4B to be five to entice the animal to move towards the milking station M, it is obvious that a lower number of loudspeakers such as two, three or four would be sufficient to perform the invention. The number could as well be more than five, depending on the distance the animal is to be enticed to cover.
  • the number of loudspeakers to entice the animal to leave the treatment stall may be less than two, i.e. one, or more than two.
  • loudspeakers 30f and 30g may be arranged directly outside the milking station M to entice the animal to move away from the milking station M without passing the treatment stall, if no treatment after finished milking is considered to be needed. This is also the case in milking stations not being provided with a treatment stall.
  • the enticing of the animal may start anywhere along the route to the destination, i.e. it is not necessary to start the route at the enticing unit 30a.
  • the sensing devices 32a-c are preferably reading devices that can identify an animal based on a signal generated by the transponder, whereas the sensors 32d-g are preferably inexpensive sensor devices, like infrared sensors, weight sensors, light relays or the like, rather than expensive reading devices, even though it would certainly be possible to use the latter.
  • inexpensive sensor devices is particularly suitable in the pathway 31, where the animal has already been identified before entering the pathway.
  • the enticing means 30a-30g and 25 shown in Figs 4A and 4B comprises light sources, preferably illuminating lamps or spotlights.
  • the spotlights either illuminate a part of the pathway 31 or the milking stall 1 or feed placed in feed troughs or the like. It may be useful to dark surrounding parts of the area to be illuminated by the spotlights or lamps.
  • the enticing units 30a-30g comprise feed supply devices, such as feed troughs.
  • the enticing units 30a-30g comprise water supply devices, such as water bowls for supplying fresh drinking water.
  • the enticing units 30a-30g comprise smell generating devices for spreading smelling substances attractive to the animal.
  • enticing means 30a-30g may be used for enticing the animal to take a predetermined route, which leads to a milking station M without a treatment stall.
  • the destination may also be a treatment stall, which is not connected to a milking stall at all, but serves only to treat the animals.
  • Another destination may be a calving stall, a paring stall or the like.
  • the stall 1 may comprise pretreatment equipment, such as massageing means, teat cleaning. means etc.
  • the additional stall 11 may comprise a milking machine, e.g. a robot, instead of the treatment equipment disclosed.
  • the enticing means may be provided to entice the animal to enter the stall 1, to continue to the additional stall 11 and to leave the additional stall 11.
  • Figs 6A and 6B illustrate schematically possibilities of arranging supply units 40a-40g in relation to a milking station M.
  • the supply units 40a-40g are, according to a first embodiment, of the same kind as the supply means 13 (see Fig 1) provided with a feed supply device 13a and a water supply device 14 and a sensing means preferably comprising a receiver 26 as described above.
  • the supply units 40a-40g are placed with a particular distance from each other. It should not be too short since the animals may get confused and the enticing effect may get lost. It should not be too long either, since the animals may be unwilling to move further, however strong the enticing effect may be, because instinctively animals stay to their flock.
  • the distance between different supply units 40a-40g need not be constant.
  • the arrangements shown in Figs 6A and 6B are only examples of suitable configurations of the supply units 40a-40g in relation to the milking station M - .
  • the number of supply units 40a-40g may vary from only one to many, depending on how many animals that should be served by the milking station M. Another factor is the size of the area where the milking station M is placed; the larger the area and the larger the distance from a remote supply unit, the larger the need for several supply units.
  • the supply units may also be placed to take any suitable form.
  • the number of milking stations M may be more than one.
  • edible products such as feed or water is used to entice the animal firstly to find its way to the milking station M in order to move to said milking station and secondly, to move away from the milking station after finished milking.
  • the milking station M is regarded a destination for the animals towards which they move, whereas in the second case, it is regarded a restricted area for the animals to reside.
  • feed or water is dispensed to animals to go to said milking station M with a relatively low dispensing intensity, i.e. in relatively small amounts or even not at all in the supply units 40a-40d that are placed relatively remote from the milking station M.
  • This will entice the animal to look for feed or water in the supply units 40e-40g situated closer to the milking station M.
  • feed will be dispensed with a relatively high dispensing intensity.
  • feed or water is dispensed with a relatively low dispensing intensity, i.e. in relatively small amounts or not at all in supply units 40d-40g relatively close to the milking station M. This will entice the animal to seek for feed or water in supply units 40a-40c farther away from the milking station M, where feed will be dispensed with a relatively high dispensing intensity.
  • feed or water is not dispensed by the supply units until the animal has been identified and the control means 9 has produced a signal to allow the animal to be fed.
  • the amount of feed supplied therein may vary increasingly or decreasingly as a function of the distance from an individual supply unit to the milking station M.
  • the variation may be linear or exponential.
  • low and high dispensing intensity may be achieved by controlling the supply units to dispense the edible products with a low or a high speed, respectively, instead of or in combination with small or large rations.
  • Fig 7 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the invention, where the supply units 40a-40g comprise a number of feed troughs placed beside each other.
  • the feed troughs may be filled with water, concentrated food or roughage, i.e. hay or silage.
  • Each feed trough is provided with an entrance gate either for the whole animal or for just the head of the animal.
  • the gate is opened by means of a control means responsive to a signal from a transponder, which identifies the animal.
  • the feeding troughs are arranged at a common wall 41. Accordingly, an animal, which is to be milked in a milking stall 1, is not allowed entry to feed troughs far away from the milking station M, but to feed troughs close to the milking station M, in a similar manner as described above in connection with Figs 4A and 4B.
  • the feed troughs may be of the kind disclosed in SE-A-9400741-6, which furthermore comprises weighing means for weighing either the amount of feed given to each animal or the feed eaten by each animal.
  • the said destination and the said restricted area do not necessarily need to be a milking station. Instead, it may also be a calving stall, a treatment stall, a roughage table, a paring stall or any other place towards which the animal is to move or leave.
  • the invention may also be used for enticing animals to move to or return from pasture.
  • the invention may be used for grouping animals of different categories together, e.g. cows being in different stages of lactation.
  • animal has been used above in connection with the milking station disclosed above, it is to be understood that any animal, which can be milked, is meant, such as cows, sheep, goats, buffaloes and horses.
  • the invention may also be used in other applications than milking stations. Accordingly, the invention may also be used for animals in general, which are to be monitored.
  • sensing means in the form of a transponder 6 to be sensed by a receiver 26 is not necessary in cases where only one of few animals are to be monitored. This may be the case where animals have been separated from the herd because of illness or pregnancy. In this case, sensing means in the form of sensing devices that senses the presence of the animal, such as infrared sensors or light relays, may be used instead.

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  1. Vorrichtung zum Verwalten eines Tiers, mit einem Melkstand (1) mit einem Eingang (2) und einem Ausgang (3) und zur Aufnahme eines einzelnen Tiers, einem Ausgangsbereich (11), der für das Tier vom Ausgang (3) des Melkstands (1) her erreichbar ist, sowie einer Lockvorrichtung, mit der das Tier aus dem Melkstand (1) in den Ausgangsbereich (11) gelockt wird, gekennzeichnet durch eine Steuerungseinrichtung, mit der die Lockvorrichtung aus einem Ruhezustand, in dem sie das Tier nicht lockt, in einen aktivierten Zustand bringbar ist, in dem sie das Tier veranlasst, den Melkstand zu verlassen.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Lockvorrichtung mehrere Lockeinrichtungen aufweist und mit der Steuerungseinrichtung (9) wahlweise eine der Lockeinrichtungen oder eine Kombination derselben aktivierbar ist.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eine Identifizierungseinrichtung (6, 26, 5) vorgesehen ist, um das den Melkstand (1) betretende Tier zu identifizieren, und dass von der Steuerungseinrichtung (9) wahlweise jede der Lockeinrichtungen einzeln oder eine Kombination derselben entsprechend den Vorlieben des von der Identifizierungseinrichtung (6, 26, 5) identifizierten Tier aktivierbar ist.
  4. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorgehenden Ansprüche, dadurch ge-kennzeichnet, dass die Lockvorrichtung eine Einrichtung (14) aufweist, die im Ausgangsbereich (11) angeordnet ist, um dem Tier Wasser zuzuführen.
  5. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorgehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Lockvorrichtung eine im Ausgangsbereich (11) angeordnete Fütterungseinrichtung (13) aufweist.
  6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Fütterungseinrichtung (13) eine Ausgabeeinrichtung aufweist, mit der Futter so in einen Trog der Fütterungseinrichtung (13) ausgebbar ist, dass dabei ein vom Tier erkennbarer Ton erzeugt wird.
  7. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorgehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Lockvorrichtung eine Reinigungseinrichtung (15-21) aufweist, die im Ausgangsbereich (11) angeordnet ist.
  8. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Reinigungseinrichtung (15) Mittel zum Besprühen des Euters und der Zitzen des Tieres mit warmem Wasser aufweist.
  9. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 7 oder 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Reinigungseinrichtung (16) Mittel zum mechanischen Reinigen des Euters und der Zitzen des Tieres aufweist.
  10. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorgehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Lockvorrichtung eine im Ausgangsbereich (11) befindliche Einrichtung (17) aufweist, mit der Warmluft auf das Tier und insbesondere dessen Euter und Zitzen blasbar ist.
  11. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorgehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Lockvorrichtung eine Putzeinrichtung (22) aufweist, die sich im Ausgangsbereich (11) befindet.
  12. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Putzeinrichtung (15) eine drehende Bürste (23) aufweist.
  13. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorgehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Lockvorrichtung eine im Ausgangsbereich (11) befindliche Einrichtung (24) zur Ausgabe von Geruchsstoffen aufweist.
  14. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorgehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Lockvorrichtung eine im Ausgangsbereich (11) befindliche Einrichtung (25) zur Erzeugung von für das Tier angenehmen Geräuschen wie bspw. Musik aufweist.
  15. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorgehenden Ansprüche, gekennzeichnet durch eine Prüfeinrichtung (10) im Melkstall (1), mit der der Zustand des Tieres und insbesondere dessen Melkbedarf sowie die Sauberkeit des Euters und der Zitzen feststellbar sind.
  16. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorgehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Eingang (2) und der Ausgang (3) des Melkstands (1) jeweils mit Gattern versehen sind, mittels deren der Aus- und der Eingang durch die Steuerungseinrichtung (9) öffen- und schließbar sind.
  17. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 16, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Ausgangsgatter (3) des Melkstands (1) ein Eingangsgatter zum Ausgangsbereich (11) darstellt.
  18. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorgehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Ausgangsbereich (11) von einer zusätzlichen Bucht gebildet wird.
  19. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 18, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die zusätzliche Bucht (11) mit einem Ausgangsgatter (12) versehen ist, das sich vom Tier öffnen lässt.
  20. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorgehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es sich um eine Melkstation handelt, die eine Melkeinrichtung (7) zum selbsttätigen Melken eines im Melkstand (1) befindlichen Tiers aufweist.
  21. Verfahren zum automatischen Verwalten eines Tiers in einem Melkstand mit folgenden Schritten:
    Identifizieren des den Melkstand betretenden Tieres,
    Prüfen des Zustands des identifizierten Tiers,
    Melken des identifizierten Tiers ansprechend auf das Ergebnis der Zustandsprüfung und
    Herauslocken des Tiers aus dem Melkstand durch Aktivieren einer Lockvorrichtung aus einem Ruhezustand, in dem sie das Tier nicht lockt, in einen aktivierten Zustand, in dem sie das Tier zum Verlassen des Melkstalls veranlasst.
  22. Verfahren nach Anspruch 21, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Lockschritt beinhaltet, dass das Tier physikalisch auf das Vorhandensein einer Lockvorrichtung aufmerksam gemacht wird.
  23. Verfahren nach Anspruch 21 oder 22, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Tier durch das Geräusch der Futterausgabe in einen Trog außerhalb des Melkbereichs aus dem Melkstand gelockt wird.
  24. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 21 - 23, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Tier durch das Geräusch ausströmenden Wassers aus dem Melkstand gelockt wird.
  25. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 21 - 24, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Tier durch Erkennen der Möglichkeit des Gereinigtwerdens aus dem Melkstand gelockt wird.
  26. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 21 - 25, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Tier durch Erkennen der Möglichkeit des Geputztwerdens bspw. mittels einer drehenden Bürste aus dem Melkstand gelockt wird.
  27. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 21 - 26, dadurch gekennzeichnet,dass das Tier durch ein angenehmes Geräusch wie bspw. Musik aus dem Melkstand gelockt wird.
  28. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 21 - 27, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Tier durch Geruchsstoffe aus dem Melkstand gelockt wird.
  29. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 21 - 28, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass de Melkstand ein Melkbereich bildet und eine Melkeinrichtung zum selbsttätigen Melken des im Melkstand befindlichen Tieres vorgesehen wird.
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